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Department of basic education needs to take responsibility for “devastating” literacy rates, say opposition and civil society

Muscat - Students from Oman showcased exceptional talents at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), which was held in Dallas, US, from May 13 to 19

Columba Leadership is an organisation that gives school staff and pupils the skills and vision to tackle a range of issues.

Efforts by the Department of Basic Education to revise its National Reading Plan are under way, with officials pushing a ‘refined focus’ on early childhood and African home language development. However, some parliamentarians are seeking assurance that past mistakes won’t be repeated.

The inability of 81% of our learners to read for meaning is an indicator of a system failing to provide all the inputs necessary to give children a reasonable opportunity to learn to read, argues Cameron McConnachie.

The Ntabenkonyana SS School near Middledrift is the location of Rectron's first Technolab in the Eastern Cape.

Education is a fundamental and enabling human right. It is also a family affair.

We propose that the Treasury provides an additional conditional grant to enable provincial education departments to ensure that improving reading skills is adequately and equitably provided for across the poorest-performing provinces.

Stellenbosch University associate professor Nic Spaull has warned that there will not be any progress following the recent release of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) which revealed that 81% of Grade 4 pupils in South Africa cannot read for meaning in any official languages. He pointed to no catch-up plan having been set up by the Department of Basic Education and stressed that political will was a critical factor needed to help turn the results around,...

DBE is calling upon teachers to play a proactive role in combating child abuse and gender-based violence (GBV).